Ten things to know for the weekend of racing

A fantastic weekend of racing awaits us both on U.S. soil
and abroad. Here is a list of 10 things for horse racing enthusiasts to keep
their eyes on.

ENABLE DEFENDS TITLE
IN ARC DE TRIOMPHE

Labeled by some as the greatest horse race in the world,
Sunday will mark the 97th running of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-G1). The
monumental event returns to its storied home at Longchamp after a two-year
hiatus and will feature the sublime Enable, who dominated this race in 2017.
Set your alarms for an early Sunday treat!

The exciting fall meeting at Keeneland
Race Course
gets underway on Friday and runs through October 27. The Lexington,
Kentucky, venue will play host to 17 graded races, including 10
Breeders’ Cup
“Win & You’re In” Challenge Series events with nine this weekend.

FINAL BREEDERS CUP
FUTURE WAGERS

The second and final Breeders’
Cup Classic Future Wager
will open on Friday at noon (ET), and conclude on
October 7 at 6:30 p.m. In addition, the Breeders’ Cup Turf Future Wager will be
available at the same times.

Unbeaten leader of the juvenile division GAME
WINNER
will find out who his main competition will be in the upcoming Breeders’
Cup Juvenile (G1)
this weekend, thanks to a pair of “Win & You’re In”
races.
Belmont
Park
will play host to the Champagne Stakes (G1) while the Breeders’
Futurity (G1) is part of a huge card at Keeneland.

BROWN’S TURF ARMY
AIMS FOR CUP ENTRIES

Conditioner Chad Brown will send out a few of his top turf
distaffers this weekend in hopes of gaining automatic entries in the
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1). He is expected to
enter a pair in Belmont’s Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (G1), a race he has
won three times in four years, as well as a trio for the First Lady Stakes (G1)
at Keeneland.

CARNIVAL COURT GOES
NORTH OF THE BORDER

Godolphin homebred CARNIVAL COURT aims for graded glory in
the Mazarine (Can-G3) at
Woodbine
on Saturday. The Distorted Humor two-year-old filly, who waltzed home by 11
lengths in advance of the contest, is a half-sister to three-time champion
Royal Delta and could be a very nice prospect for trainer Mike Stidham.

PLETCHER YOUNGSTERS
READY TO ROLL ON SUNDAY

There is a pair of special weight races for
two-year-olds on Keeneland’s Sunday card, and both look to be in the hands of
conditioner Todd Pletcher. In the 5TH he will saddle CUTTING HUMOR, a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton
Saratoga purchase who was a nice second on debut. RACE 7 is at seven-eighths of
a mile and INTO MYSTIC looks best. The Into Mischief colt, who was purchased
for $650,000 from the OBS Spring Sale of Two-year-olds in Training, looks to
have a high ceiling following a nice debut.